Sacrifice and sovereignty

States of Violence: War, Capital Punishment, and Letting Die

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 83-126

  Taussig Rubbo, Mateo ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511581069.004     Document Type: Chapter

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